Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mälke

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Uralic

Etymology

Sometimes compared with Proto-Yukaghir *mel-.

Noun

*mälke

1. breast

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: mell
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: ма̄гыл (māgyl)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (møul)
    • Eastern Mansi: мавлын (mavlyn)
• Proto-Permic:
  • Udmurt: мыл (myl)
• Proto-Mari: *mel
  • Eastern Mari: мел (mel)
  • Western Mari: мел (mel)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *mäľkə
  • Erzya: мельке (meľke, “brisket”), мелькть (meľkť, “lungs”)
  • Moksha: [script needed] (ḿäĺʿḱä)
• Proto-Samic: *mielkë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *mälvi (see there for further descendants)